--- title: "19 Waiting Quotes By Sarah Dessen" description: "19 Waiting quotes by Sarah Dessen. Plus more from Sarah Dessen and more Waiting sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/sarah-dessen-110_car_i-wasn-t-ready-for-this-but-then-i-proba_1252677.png" --- > [I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-wasn-t-ready-for-this-but-then-i-probably-never-would-be-and-this/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab2/sarah-dessen-110_car_i-wasn-t-ready-for-this-but-then-i-proba_1252677.png) > [I'm starting to think, though, that some things never get that. The replay, and all. So at some point you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-m-starting-to-think-though-that-some-things-never-get-that-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/sarah-dessen-110_chance_i-m-starting-to-think-though-that-some-t_1689297.png) > [I'm always hopeful. I feel like I'm at the prom sitting against the wall waiting for someone to ask me to dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-m-always-hopeful-i-feel-like-i-m-at-the-prom-sitting-against-the/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/sarah-dessen-110_ask-me_i-m-always-hopeful-i-feel-like-i-m-at-th_1941947.png) > [“But you never know what you can do until you try, and if you're lucky, what you love will always be waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-you-never-know-what-you-can-do-until-you-try-and-if-you-re-lucky/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8d/sarah-dessen-110_capable_but-you-never-know-what-you-can-do-until_1274191.png) > [Why don't you ever wait a second and see what I'm planning, or thinking, before you burst in with your opinions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/why-don-t-you-ever-wait-a-second-and-see-what-i-m-planning-or/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/sarah-dessen-110_chance_why-don-t-you-ever-wait-a-second-and-see_2852248.png) > [There was something striking about a single key. It was like a question waiting to be answered, a whole missing a half.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/there-was-something-striking-about-a-single-key-it-was-like-a/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/sarah-dessen-110_answer_there-was-something-striking-about-a-sin_550928.jpg) > [It was kind of soothing, these sounds of lives being lived all around me, for better or for worse. And there I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/it-was-kind-of-soothing-these-sounds-of-lives-being-lived-all-around/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/sarah-dessen-110_kind_it-was-kind-of-soothing-these-sounds-of_2323217.png) > [I don't believe in failure, because simply by saying you've failed, you've admitted you attempted. And anyone who attempts is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-don-t-believe-in-failure-because-simply-by-saying-you-ve-failed-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c6/sarah-dessen-110_believe_i-don-t-believe-in-failure-because-simpl_3122508.jpg) > [But it's strange, when you've always been told something is true, like the moon will come back. You need proof. And while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-it-s-strange-when-you-ve-always-been-told-something-is-true-like/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/sarah-dessen-110_balance_but-it-s-strange-when-you-ve-always-been_1633221.png) > [I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. And when it finally was, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high-school-i-couldn-t-wait-for-it/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/sarah-dessen-110_choices_i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high_1543228.png) > [I eased back on my elbows, tilting my head back to look up at the sky, which was pinkish, streaked with red.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-eased-back-on-my-elbows-tilting-my-head-back-to-look-up-at-the-sky/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f3/sarah-dessen-110_astronomy_i-eased-back-on-my-elbows-tilting-my-hea_2743153.png) > [After the group vet appointment--during which Lyle scratched the vet, the vet tech, and some poor woman minding her own business in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/after-the-group-vet-appointment-during-which-lyle-scratched-the-vet/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce2/sarah-dessen-110_cat_after-the-group-vet-appointment-during-w_1639386.png) > [My mother has always been the point I calibrated myself against. In knowing where she was, I could always locate myself, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/my-mother-has-always-been-the-point-i-calibrated-myself-against-in/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/sarah-dessen-110_behinds_my-mother-has-always-been-the-point-i-ca_83363.jpg) > [When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a coloring book, with the inside not yet completed. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-i-pictured-myself-it-was-always-like-just-an-outline-in-a-2/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2c/sarah-dessen-110_bits-and-pieces_when-i-pictured-myself-it-was-always-lik_2280918.jpg) > [Maybe my sister and I shared more than we thought. We were both waiting and wishing for something we couldn't completely control:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/maybe-my-sister-and-i-shared-more-than-we-thought-we-were-both/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbe/sarah-dessen-110_common_maybe-my-sister-and-i-shared-more-than-w_1052917.png) > [I thought this was a cookout. You know, dogs and burgers, Tater Tots, ambrosia salad" Dexter picked up a box of Twinkies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-thought-this-was-a-cookout-you-know-dogs-and-burgers-tater-tots/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f96/sarah-dessen-110_able_i-thought-this-was-a-cookout-you-know-do_2493990.jpg) > [We sat there, not talking, for a few minutes. He ate the Moon Pie; only skinny people can scarf down junk food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/we-sat-there-not-talking-for-a-few-minutes-he-ate-the-moon-pie-only/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/sarah-dessen-110_belly_we-sat-there-not-talking-for-a-few-minut_55522.jpg) > [This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They dont jump in on your sentences, saving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-is-the-problem-with-dealing-with-someone-who-is-actually-a-good/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7b/sarah-dessen-110_finishing_this-is-the-problem-with-dealing-with-so_696424.png) > [“Well," Isaid finally, knowing he was waiting, “you make me laugh.” He nodded. “And?” “You're pretty good-looking." ""Pretty good-looking? I called you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/well-isaid-finally-knowing-he-was-waiting-you-make-me-laugh-he-nodded/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8f/sarah-dessen-110_beautiful_well-isaid-finally-knowing-he-was-waitin_1544072.png) ## Other authors on Waiting ## More by Sarah Dessen > [Sometimes a question can hurt more than an answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/sometimes-a-question-can-hurt-more-than-an-answer/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“if i were a book i would be so open”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/if-i-were-a-book-i-would-be-so-open/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [Harder to get in than out, like so little else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/harder-to-get-in-than-out-like-so-little-else/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“At times, I found myself questioning his very existence, even though I knew I had, in fact, spotted him, with my own eyes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/at-times-i-found-myself-questioning-his-very-existence-even-though-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [You don't have to say it out loud. I already know why you like me.' 'You do, huh?' 'Yep.' He wrapped his arms around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-don-t-have-to-say-it-out-loud-i-already-know-why-you-like-me-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/no-relationship-is-perfect-ever-there-are-always-some-ways-you-have/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/when-you-had-to-do-something-you-had-to-do-it-and-eventually-if-you/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [the truth about forever is that it is happening right now](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/the-truth-about-forever-is-that-it-is-happening-right-now/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself fo the next hit, and fel something. Something grainy and samll, sticking to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-jammed-my-hand-in-my-jacket-pocket-bracing-myself-fo-the-next-hit/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-had-no-illusions-about-love-anymore-it-came-it-went-it-left/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“But maybe that isn't so bad. You can't love anyone that way more than once in a lifetime. It's too hard and it hurts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/but-maybe-that-isn-t-so-bad-you-can-t-love-anyone-that-way-more-than/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/this-was-just-one-night-one-chance-to-vary-and-see-where-it-took-me/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [call it chicken salad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/call-it-chicken-salad/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [“For me, however, it was a mix of the two, this constant push and pull. I loved it here. But I'd been in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/for-me-however-it-was-a-mix-of-the-two-this-constant-push-and-pull-i/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) > [I think whenever a writer is really enjoying themselves and liking what they are doing, that shows on the page.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-think-whenever-a-writer-is-really-enjoying-themselves-and-liking/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/waiting/sarah-dessen/#itemlist", "name": "19 Waiting Quotes By Sarah Dessen", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wasn't ready for this, but then I probably never would be, and this year, like so much else, wouldn't wait. 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I never want to see you people again.\" So it's ironic that I spend half my day putting myself back there by choice [while writing].", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sarah Dessen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high-school-i-couldn-t-wait-for-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/sarah-dessen-110_choices_i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high_1543228.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/sarah-dessen-110_choices_i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high_1543228.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/sarah-dessen-110_choices_i-was-actually-pretty-miserable-in-high_1543228.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was actually pretty miserable in high school. I couldn't wait for it to be over. 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